Lionel Dash 9 Owner's Manual
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- Page 1 71-8233-250 01/99 LIONEL Lionel Dash 9 Diesel Locomotive Owner’s Manual Instructions Included to Upgrade your Dash 9 with These available Kits, Railsounds: part No. 6- 22964 Command Control: part No. 6-22960 Electrocouplers: part No. 6-22958...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Congratulations! the Lionel Dash 9 is ready for duty on your ou purchased a tough, durable model railroad. Experience the superiority legendary locomotive—the Dash 9 of today’s Lionel. Your Dash 9 is also diesel locomotive built here at Lionel. From... - Page 3 • Adjust track voltage until your Dash 9 moves at your desired speed. To increase speed, increase track voltage. To decrease speed, reduce voltage. To stop the locomotive, cut track power. • See table on page 5 for information on locking your Dash 9 in a single operating state...
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Page 4: Using Your Dash 9'S Magnetic Couplers
Magne-Traction is not effective Note! netized, take care to prevent small on nonferrous track. Experiencing the range of your Dash 9’s SignalSounds system • Diesel Horn. Press horn to produce ith SignalSounds, you experience an authentic diesel horn blast. the sounds of real railroading •... - Page 5 Your Dash 9’s 104 E Reverse unit The New E-Series Reversing Unit con- addition, you no longer have to slow the trols the direction of the engine. When engine by hand to turn off the reversing the reversing unit senses an interruption unit while the train is moving.
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Page 6: Installing The Lionel No. 610-5906-001 Sound Activation Button
(for bell) (for horn) The no. 610-5906-001 sound activation button (available separately) works with any Lionel AC transformer except no. 6-4690 Type MW. Note! Transformers made by other manufacturers may not be compatible with Railsounds. -
Page 7: Maintaining And Servicing Your Dash 9
PADE CONNECTORS After removing the .050" set screw, place a small amount of Lionel oil (two drops maximum) in the set screw hole. Reinstall the set screw tightly, then back off one-half turn. -
Page 8: Replacing Your Dash 9'S Lamps
Authorized Lionel get lamp assembly from the retaining Service Center perform this service. Remove the Dash 9’s shell, pull the lamp assembly from its retaining clip, and replace the expired lamp. If you have upgraded your locomotive to Command Control,... -
Page 9: Railsounds Upgrade
Dash choose to have this done at an authorized 9 several upgrade options are avail- Lionel Service Center for a fee, or you can able, including Railsounds, Command choose “do it yourself”. Just follow these Control, and Electrocouplers. -
Page 10: Your Dash 9'S Railsounds
Connect fected), slide 9-volt the Railsounds Install an alkaline 9-volt battery in your Dash 9. Slide alkaline bat- switch, located open the panel, connect the battery to the power cord, and tery to the u n d e r n e a t h place the battery in the cavity. -
Page 11: Experiencing The Range Of Your Dash 9'S Railsounds System
Experiencing the range of your Dash 9’s Railsounds system reaching their highest level. ith Railsounds, you experience Now, decrease track voltage to the the sounds of real railroading desired speed level, press DIR on your like never before. Simply put, it’s the... -
Page 12: Command Control Upgrade
Your R2LC Command Control board comes pre-programmed from the factory as a diesel with a strobe light. Your upgraded Dash 9 has a cab light, not a strobe light so a reprogramming step is required. This step will be covered in... -
Page 13: Coilcoupler Upgrade
Authorized Service Station (see separate tive following the steps on page 19, using flyer included with your Dash 9) or Lionel the numbers 6, 7, and 0 during step 5 Service for details. The part required is... -
Page 14: The Command Control Environment
• All Command-equipped Lionels come factory-programmed with an ID# of “1.” To change the ID# of your Dash 9, see page 18. Move ‘em out! • Throttle up or press any command button on CAB-1. Your Dash 9... -
Page 15: Cab-1 Commands For Your Dash 9
Running your Dash 9 in the TrainMaster Command environment our Command-equipped Dash address Locomotive #1 Example 9 comes factory-programmed with an ID# of “1.” To get your Dash PowerMasters set to CMD or traditional 9 in action, set PowerMasters to... -
Page 16: Cab-1 Numeric Keypad Commands For Your Dash 9
OUND VOLUME DECREASES Turns cab light off. REWTALK SOUNDS Activates the Railsounds shut- down sequence. Just like the real thing, your Dash 9’s RPMs must be at idle Turns cab light on. for shutdown to occur. Press 6 repeatedly to REWTALK SOUNDS... -
Page 17: Tuning Your Dash 9'S Performance
“stall” voltage. Get the ultra realistic sound of squealing your locomotive moving, then press brakes.(Railsounds upgrade required) SET; the Dash 9 will stop. Turn the throttle clockwise to get the locomotive SOUND QUALITY moving, then decrease speed until the To achieve your preferred Railsounds locomotive just stops. -
Page 18: Assigning Your Dash 9 A New Id
Assign a new I D# to your Example equipped Lionels grows, you’ll Command-equipped Dash 9 want to give your Dash 9 a more indi- vidualized number. Choose from any between 1 and 99. To make things easy, Command Base ON use a portion of your Dash 9’s cab num-... - Page 19 Reprogramming LCRU circuit boards to restore features condition would be unresponsive- ue to the inevitable derailments, static, and the negative nature of ness in command mode. This can be electricity, it is possible that your easily remedied by “reprogramming” LCRU could someday lose its setup your LCRU using the following program.The symptoms of this steps.
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Page 20: Lionel Service
Website @ www.Lionel.com nal consumer-purchaser, for one year against If you prefer to send it back to Lionel L.L.C. original defects in materials or workmanship for factory repair, you must first call 810-949-...
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